You can’t argue with the intention of Come In! Sit Down!, the latest offering from the Muslim and Jewish theatre company, the MUJU Crew. Ten years into their life, they aim to “fill the gap where hysteria and humanity meet”. Their sketches highlight, in the words of their final song, that despite

The day the comic actor Robin Williams committed suicide was the day Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn knew they had to make a show about men and mental health. She was a performance artist and comedian, he was an advertising executive with no performing experience beyond the football pitch and work

The American Arj Barker is best known to UK audiences as Dave from Flight of the Conchords: the khaki-clad pawnbroker and misguided sage. His nuggets of wisdom are a key part of the TV show’s cult appeal, with Dave muddle-headedly referring to his antipodean co-stars as “my English friends from

Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley’s 100 Years of the WI BBC Two????? Britain at the Bookies BBC One????? “I advise you not to mess with the ladies of the WI,” said Lucy Worsley. With her pink cardigan and schoolgirlishly clipped hair, she looked like someone you’d hardly take advice

It says a lot about the family-friendly tone of Latitude that several comedians’ children had a go at performing. Katherine Ryan’s daughter and her friend shared some cracking gags on a brilliantly eclectic line-up in the poetry tent. In the main comedy arena Shappi Khorsandi’s son was pleasingly

John Mulaney is one of those special guys who can deliver mainstream material without seeming cheesy or obvious. The American’s appearance is straight as a tack — his suit so pressed and his hair so precise that he looks like a Mormon with fashion sense. However it is immediately clear that under

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen — Cracking China BBC Two ????? Coronation Street ITV ????? The BBC may have to cut popular programmes such as The Voice and shrink its website under future reforms. Well, I wonder what the new Beeb’s attitude will be to hideous vanity projects that prop up one individual’s

Dave Chappelle has a coolness that isn’t an easy fit in the UK. A legend in the US through his unapologetic stand-up, he looks more like an R’n’B star in his promo posters for his rare London appearances: sporting shades, attitude, and his trademark cigarette. Sure enough, during his sold-out run

Live Wimbledon BBC One, 1pm/BBC Two, 5.55pm This has been the most entertaining Wimbledon in years. As the sun has beat down on the courts of SW19 we have plenty of talking points. On the court we have had Maria Sharapova’s grunting, Nick Kyrgios’s wild-boy antics, Novak Djokovic shouting at a ball

Idris Elba: No Limits Discovery ????? Man Down Channel 4 ????? The Hollywood film version of Idris Elba: No Limits would be called The Last of the Late Breakers: the battle of one man (Elba) to transform himself from erratic boy racer to triumphant rally driver. The gritty Britflick version would